mrsixer123
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Post by mrsixer123 on Mar 23, 2013 20:03:08 GMT -5
In several interviews jt3 stated he focused on the current opponent (video review, gameplan, etc) while the rest of the staff focused on the next opponents. Maybe the entire staff should focus on 1 opponent at a time.
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 23, 2013 20:17:11 GMT -5
No. Two assistant coaches need to study the two teams the Hoyas may face if they make it past the first round (one team for each of the two assistant coaches). That's how it works. It ensures the staff isn't too far behind the eight ball in regards to knowing anout the next team if they advance. But III should have had at least one other assistant preparing for Florida Gulf Coast with him.
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skyhoya
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Post by skyhoya on Mar 23, 2013 20:34:04 GMT -5
It didn't work this time. That produced terrible game plan.
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Eurostar
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Post by Eurostar on Mar 23, 2013 21:12:57 GMT -5
Didnt work the last 6 times either.
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dreamhoya
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Post by dreamhoya on Mar 23, 2013 21:37:10 GMT -5
Most coaches do that.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Mar 23, 2013 22:05:26 GMT -5
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Mar 23, 2013 23:41:01 GMT -5
Whatever he has done, he has to change next time around. He had 8 days to prepare for a Friday game. How much preparation is needed? With a week of research and preparation, JT3 should have known the social security numbers of the players' relatives, just like Ohio, VCU and Florida Gulf Coast knew of our team.
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Post by johnnysnowplow on Mar 23, 2013 23:54:02 GMT -5
This is as good an explanation as any right now |
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OldHoyafan
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Post by OldHoyafan on Mar 24, 2013 15:26:50 GMT -5
In the end it was not so much lack of preparation as it was a lack of a legitimate bench to come in and make enough positive play to float team until starters got past their slump or foul trouble. Everyone knew FGCU was a running team that could hit threes. The Hoyas played like teams in the BE like Nova, St Johns, and Cuse. The problem Friday was that the team tried to run with them while at the same time playing man-to-man defense with a rotation of seven players. Otto already having an off night on offense had tired legs midway the first half and it showed on defense. III has made the decision to sacrifice the development of the good in search of the perfect. He obviously is a perfectionist, who likes perfection in his defensive and offensive execution. This has served him well in his building of teams that are efficient on offense and defense(especially this year) that produce winning seasons each year in a tough BE conference. He has good players on his bench, but they are not perfect players for his system but can be serviceable enough to supply valuable rest minutes for his starters. Incorporating these bench players into a system that plays more people will produce less perfection and may result in more losses. The possibility of more losses by expanding his bench has not been a trade off III has not been willing to make so far but like his dad before him, he will either have to adjust his approach or do something else than coach at a big time basketball program. His dad did not adjust to the three point, guard oriented nature of modern college BB so he retired. His successor Esherick did not also and he was fired. III has an offensive and defensive system that can win games in todays NCAA. The big difference in his dad's approach and III's has been that JT2 used the pre-conference schedule to prepare the majority of his team for BE play so he scheduled cream puffs so he did not have the stress of losing while giving the bench players valuable learning minutes. III has scheduled tougher pre-conference opponents to our delight and NCAA selection committee delight. III has to find a happy medium in seeking perfection in the execution of his offensive and defensive systems by his players and developing a quality bench that would help his team get past round one of NCAA.
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dreamhoya
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Post by dreamhoya on Mar 24, 2013 15:33:51 GMT -5
They don;t hit threes very well (FGCU) but what you said makes sense.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Mar 24, 2013 18:09:42 GMT -5
Splitting up game preparation is what EVERY other team does (well besides the lowest seeds that dont expect to advance). This is what Louisville did, its what Duke did, its what Ohio State did. All of them.
This is not the answer.
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chep3
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Post by chep3 on Mar 24, 2013 18:51:39 GMT -5
Somebody needs to scout our opponents better. Whether that's III, every assistant we got, or some sort of coach emeritus crap like St. John's does with Gene Keady, I don't care.
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CaliHoya
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Post by CaliHoya on Mar 24, 2013 18:59:06 GMT -5
I think we need to hire a stats guy like Brad Stevens did. Stevens even said it's best for figuring out ideal lineups and I think that would have helped JT3 know to not start Hopkins when we clearly perform not as well with him in there. That was guaranteeing at least the first 5 minutes of suboptimal lineups and in the tourney, you can't screw around with even a minute.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Mar 24, 2013 19:15:10 GMT -5
I think we need to hire a stats guy like Brad Stevens did. Stevens even said it's best for figuring out ideal lineups and I think that would have helped JT3 know to not start Hopkins when we clearly perform not as well with him in there. That was guaranteeing at least the first 5 minutes of suboptimal lineups and in the tourney, you can't screw around with even a minute. Almost every girls and boys high school team has this type of statistical knowledge at the hands. It believe it's even on Hoya Prospectus. I'm sure III was well aware of our best and worst line-ups. |
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Post by johnnysnowplow on Mar 24, 2013 20:27:46 GMT -5
I think we need to hire a stats guy like Brad Stevens did. Stevens even said it's best for figuring out ideal lineups and I think that would have helped JT3 know to not start Hopkins when we clearly perform not as well with him in there. That was guaranteeing at least the first 5 minutes of suboptimal lineups and in the tourney, you can't screw around with even a minute. Almost every girls and boys high school team has this type of statistical knowledge at the hands. It believe it's even on Hoya Prospectus. I'm sure III was well aware of our best and worst line-ups. The problem imo is that, even if he is well aware of our best and worst lineups, he doesn't seem to care. He started Hopkins every goddamn game. And most of the time we were down within the first five minutes. Playing catchup from the opening tip is not ideal. |
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Post by bigelephant on Mar 25, 2013 7:16:07 GMT -5
The fact that we lost was not Hopkins fault.
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Post by johnnysnowplow on Mar 25, 2013 10:55:09 GMT -5
The fact that we lost was not Hopkins fault. Don't put words in my mouth. I never said the loss was his fault. My point was that III doesn't give a crap about anything resembling actual gameplanning for specific opponents. Starting Hopkins every game was just an example of that. |
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